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Cornell researchers have found that peaceful microbes are more likely to thrive, and their more aggressive peers perish, if their environment is harsh or experiences violent disruptions.
Strogatz has been busy with outreach activities as the inaugural Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics.
Atkinson Venture Fund awards have distributed $21.7 million to 223 projects spanning every college on Cornell’s campus over 15 years.
Among those being recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship this year are faculty members Begüm Adalet, Claudia Verhoeven, and Marcelo Aguiar.
Sylvan Martin is majoring in mathematics and computer science.
Songyu Ye is majoring in mathematics and computer science.
Elizaveta Zabelina is a Robert S. Harrison College Scholar who is also majoring in mathematics and psychology.
Sara Yoo is majoring in economics & mathematics.
Yi Kai Ong is a mathematics and computer science major.
Owen Wetherbee is a physics, mathematics & computer science major.
Through volunteer work, research and advocacy, the 5,824 students admitted to the Class of 2029 reflect Cornell’s commitment to changing lives through public engagement.
For decades, Arthur Mintz ’71, a math major on the Hill who also studied computer science, has served as the PA announcer for both teams—making him a Cornell sports icon in his own right.
Vipin Gunda ’25 is excited about projects that apply his computer science knowledge to real-world challenges.
A renowned mathematician, Prof. R. Keith Dennis made significant contributions to algebraic K-theory and group theory, publishing 25 papers.
This month’s featured titles include a history Harlem by a government alum and a prof’s memoir about his education under Apartheid.
Allen Hatcher, a geometric topologist, will receive the award for his book, “Algebraic Topology,” published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press.
Professor Emeritus Allen Hatcher will receive the inaugural Elias M. Stein Prize for Transformative Exposition for his book Algebraic Topology.
“Cornell has had a considerable impact across many subfields of topology and across decades."
The Cornell Chimes' advisor for nearly a quarter-century, Jennifer Courtley Lory-Moran ’96, MAT ’97, recently marked a carillon milestone.
Alfred H. Schatz, an emeritus professor of mathematics who taught at Cornell for nearly 50 years, died at home on Oct. 11 after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.
Eleven teaching faculty from across the university have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching, Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff announced Oct. 22.
This summer a group of seven Cornell students traveled with the Brooks School Institute of Politics and Global Affairs (IOPGA) director, former Congressman Steve Israel, and senior associate director, Erin King Sweeney, to the Republican and Democratic National Conventions to get an inside look at these major political events.
Moon Duchin is a mathematician and public policy expert who has advised numerous U.S. states on redistricting and whose lab has been at the forefront of an emerging discipline that merges data science and elections.
Rawlings Presidential Research Program Scholar Tejal Nair is working on research that connects math and computer science with technology in areas such as healthcare.
Set in the 1980s, The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower chronicles two ’69 classmates in Silicon Valley
In June 2024, longtime Active Learning Initiative director Peter Lepage handed the initiative's reins to incoming director, Timothy Riley, professor of mathematics.
Alexander Betts, Mathematics
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
More students can afford to stay on campus to work in faculty labs during the summer thanks to generous alumni.
With these new appointments, the number of A&S faculty appointed to endowed professorships since fall 2018 has reached 76.
Doctoral student Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse could be crowned the world’s best juggler in a June 30 competition that aims to help build a case for juggling as an Olympic sport.
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Among the faculty members being recognized this year for exceptional teaching and mentorship are Liliana Colanzi, Durba Ghosh, and Nick Admussen.
After rebuilding post-pandemic and with diversity as its strength, the Men’s Fencing Club clinched a surprise win at the 2024 U.S. Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs championships.
Zhenghui Zhang is a Mathematics major.
Sasha Boguraev: Computer Science, Mathematics, College Scholar
Emily Pecsok is an applied mathematics and linguistics major.
Brandon Li is a physics & mathematics major.
Andrew DiFabbio is a physics & mathematics major.
Adelyn Carney is a mathematics & economics major.
Rudra Kamat is a mathematics major.
A&S professors Steven Strogatz and Peter Wolczanski are among Cornell’s 2024 electees to the National Academy of Sciences.
In honor of Math and Statistics Awareness Month, we’re looking back on luminaries from the last century-plus whose excellence helped establish Cornell University as a leader in mathematical and statistical discovery.
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
The study builds on a foundation of theoretical work conducted by co-authors including Marten Wegkamp, professor of mathematics.
The Cornell and Ithaca communities can see a unique blend of mime and mathematics during two days of events planned by the Cornell Department of Mathematics on April 19 and 20.
After becoming the first Black person to earn a PhD in the field, Elbert Cox, PhD 1925, spent a lifetime inspiring others to follow.
